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9 Reasons You Should Visit Copenhagen, Denmark

October 7, 2019
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Copenhagen is getting more popular and fast becoming one of the must-visit destinations. The city has plenty to offer and in this post, we’ll share with you what are some of the main reasons you should consider visiting Copenhagen.

Copenhagen is one of the top greenest cities in Europe and in the world and successfully working towards its ambitious plan to be carbon neutral by 2025.

Here is our list of 10 reasons to visit liveable and wonderful Copenhagen!

One of the world’s safest cities

Copenhagen one of the safest citiesDenmark has been ranked as one of the safest countries in the world. Copenhagen is one of the cleanest cities.

Based on the newly-published 2019 Safe Cities Index, Copenhagen is among the safest cities in the world to live in, ranked number eighth.

Despite the size and popularity of Denmark’s capital city, it maintains an impressively low rate of criminal activity. The country as a whole consistently ranks among the least corrupt countries in the world, with crime rates continuing to drop.

There are highways for bikes

Copenhagen bike friendly one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. Not even bad weather will stop the Copenhageners from biking!

The city has entire parts of the road dedicated to safe cycling. Biking is a great way to explore Copenhagen and it’s also pretty cheap to rent bikes.

Copenhagen, along with Amsterdam are one of those cities where bikes outnumber cars. There are plenty of bike racks and most people don’t even lock them up. Fewer cars lead to less pollution and less traffic and a more pleasant way to experience the city.

One of the world happiest nations

world happiest nations

The urban population of Copenhagen is just a little bit over 1.2 million

Several times the coutry has been voted as the world’s happiest nation. People are often described as happy and easy-going people with a good sense of humor. Another important fact is that in Denmark, education and health care is free for everyone.

One of the cleanest cities in the world

clean and green city Copenhagen is leading in recycling, renewable energy, and smart city solutions. Most of Copenhagen buses run on electric instead of diesel and Copenhagen has a large number of green areas and you’re never more than a few minutes away from the nearest park. Copenhagen is one of the top sustainable and liveable cities.

Outstanding Design

Outstanding Design The Danish do things really well and differently especially with design.
Denmark is world-famous for its simple and functional design and architecture. Some of the most notable are the Opera, the Designmuseum Denmark and don’t forget to shop for Danish designat some of the local stores.

Deliscious food

Deliscious foodIf you have a chance to visit Copenhagen who should definitely try one of the Danish classics open-faced sandwich: “smørrebrød”. Copenhagen offers many food options from small, bistros to trendy cafés and Michelin-starred restaurants.
If you prefer fine dining, Noma has been awarded World’s Best Restaurant by the British Restaurant magazine four years in a row out of the past six. Take a bite of culinary Copenhagen and the Nordic region, when food festival Copenhagen Cooking hits the city – one of the biggest food festivals in Northern Europe.

Music Festival

Music Festival Thousands of people across the city enjoying great music, cold beer, and the Copenhagen summer make this a once in a lifetime experience for festival lovers.

Oldest observatory in Europe

In the city, you’ll find the oldest functioning observatory in Europe. The tower was built during King Christian IV to enable astronomers from the University of Copenhagen to gaze at the stars.

Kid friendly

LEGO One of the things that you probably didn’t know: Denmark most famous export – LEGO. You can visit the factory where it is made you’ll find a large LEGO shop.
Copenhagen is a great city to visit with kids. Here you’ll find the world’s two oldest amusement parks, the Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen and Dyrehavsbakken – north of the city.

The accessibility

Copenhagen infrastructureCopenhagen has one of Europe’s most efficient infrastructures where everything is within a short distance. The public transportation is efficient and the city offers a variety of public transportations, through either bus, train, metro and rentable city bikes. Denmark offers the most reliable electric grid in Europe.

The reasons to visit Copenhagen this summer are countless. These are just a few of them.

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Bristol was the first British city to be named European Green Capital. This award celebrates and promotes innovative responses to urban environmental challenges.

The city influenced international policy at the UN climate change summit in Paris in 2015, sharing best practices and presenting ambitious sustainable action.

Bristol was named European Green Capital in 2015 – the first UK city to be awarded this prestigious title. Since then it has implemented long term commitments to climate change and to becoming a carbon-neutral city. It was developed as an engagement program for the public and business-led events sharing ideas on sustainability and the environment. Part of that was the host of the first International Fair Trades Town Convention with more than 240 delegates from 20 countries.

A green energy group called Ecotricity, based in nearby Stroud has recently created a group in Bristol with future plans to establish a tech hub.

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Some of the main key factors were:

  • Demonstrate a well-established record of achieving high environmental standards
  • Commit to ongoing and ambitious goals for further environmental improvement and sustainable development
  • Be a role model – part of an ever-growing group of cities that aim to inspire and promote best practices to all European cities.

Bristol has established as one of the UK’s leading cities for sustainable development and home to prominent environmental and ethical organizations such as the Triodos Bank and Sustrans, and Soil Association. The city was also ranked as the world’s 4th most inspirational city.

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The city provides many opportunities for people to get involved and make a difference, to protect the environment by learning more about sustainability, joining a campaign, or making small changes to your lifestyle, with eye-opening tours and talks year-round.

The city also hosts the leading FairTrade city in the UK, community food growing movement, Incredible Edible, Wildscreen Festival – the world’s largest wildlife and environmental film festival. Bristol was the UK’s first cycling city and home to the National Cycle Network and Sustrans, the UK’s sustainable transport charity. Many festivals and events, from Big Green Week to the Festival of Nature and the annual Walking Festival, celebrate the city’s commitment to sustainability.

The primary focus of the city is five themes: energy, food, nature, resources, and transport in order to make it a healthier and happier city.

Energy

Bristol Energy, the national gas and electricity company with a reach to over 100,00 customers is helping to tackle the effects of social inequality and fuel poverty, supporting local people with clean renewable energy.

The Green Capital has become a hub for energy companies and groups such as Bristol Community Energy, Bristol Energy Cooperative and Fund and Centre of Sustainable Energy. Bristol’s plan is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050.

Bristol Energy, the first energy company in the country to offer 100% green electricity and reinvest its profits back into local communities.

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Food and drink is extremely important and many venues pride themselves on offering locally sourced and sustainable menus as well as locally made drinks.

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Resources

In 2007, the Bristol Partnership launched the Green Capital initiative in order to invite organizations in the city to play their part in helping tackle climate change and contribute to Bristol’s ambition of becoming a leading UK green capital.

Collections of different types of household waste in Bristol comprise two categories of recyclable waste, food waste, garden waste, and non-recyclable waste. The environmental experts Eunomia and Resource Futures based here are also helping the city with their research.

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Bristol has over 450 beautiful parks and green spaces – more than any other UK city. It’s also surrounded by beautiful countryside with country house hotels, castles, and wildlife attractions.

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Transport by train plays a significant role in sustainable travel. Bristol has two mainline railway stations and trains run every 30 minutes from London, Cardiff, and Birmingham.

Research also found Bristol is among the top ten safest cities in Europe, thanks to a low number of traffic fatalities.

The UK’s first bio bus made his route here. The number of electric vehicles is increasing.

The city’s Transport Plan supported by Bristol Green Capital is focused on expanding local rail and bus services to provide affordable, integrated public transport, particularly as the City grows. Free up the city center and community shopping centers for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport leading to a safer, less polluted city.

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According to the EPI index in year 2016 (Environmental Performance Index) prepared by Yale and Columbia Universities, Finland is the world’s cleanest and greenest country.

The Environmental Performance Index is a method developed to measure the environmental quality of countries in numbers. The index compares how ecosystems and people’s health are protected in different countries. The index takes into account multiple factors such as care of air quality, clean water and their water resources and how they manage agriculture, forests and fish stocks, biodiversity, CO2 emissions.

In 2016, Finland had the highest EPI score in the world (90.68 out of 100), closely followed by fellow Nordic states Iceland and Sweden.

The index score is also influenced by energy solutions and the states’ attitude to the diversity of nature and climate change.

“Finland has the opportunity to develop into a gem of nature tourism. We have clean and exuberant nature all over the country in the vicinity of good connections and services.”

Finland’s air, forests, lakes and drinking water are exceptionally clean by global standards. More than 80% of Finland’s lakes are either good or excellent in quality. More than 70% of Finland’s land area is the forest, which makes Finland one of the most forested countries in the world. The air quality in Finland is good, because the country is situated far from big sources of emissions and because Finland’s own emissions have been successfully curtailed. According to WHO, Finland has the cleanest air of the EU countries and the third cleanest air in the world after Canada and Iceland.

The score justifying the country’s number one position in the EPI index is 90.68. After Finland came to Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, and Slovenia. The EPI report praises many of Finland’s environmentally-friendly objectives. Finland intends to create a carbon-neutral society by 2050, in which nature’s capacity is no longer exceeded.

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1   Finland: 90.68
2   Iceland: 90.51
3   Sweden: 90.43
4   Denmark: 89.21
5   Slovenia: 88.98
6   Spain: 88.91
7   Portugal: 88.63
8   Estonia: 88.59
9   Malta: 88.48
10 France: 88.20

“Finland has the opportunity to develop into a gem of nature tourism. We have clean and exuberant nature all over the country in the vicinity of good connections and services. Holistic nature experiences can be built for tourists, for admiring the silent wilderness landscape, picking berries and mushrooms for food on an excursion, going to the sauna next to clean waters and waiting in a hide-out for the majestic bear to arrive from the shade of the forest as the night falls,” says biodiversity expert Riku Lumiaro of the Finnish Environment Institute.

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